Stork stops by Sea Cliffs exhibit

Published June 24, 2009

The National Aquarium is happy to welcome "Squirt", the newest addition to the puffin colony in the Sea Cliffs exhibit. Hatching sometime last night after a 34 day incubation period, this is the second successful hatching for our orange banded female and black banded male. Puffins form a pair bond and typically return to the same nest ground year after year. This pair's first chick hatched in 2006, and was the first puffin born at the Aquarium!

Squirt weighs just 37 grams right now but should grow to be about 32 cm, or 12 inches, tall. He will remain in the nest box which is located on the far left side of the exhibit for several weeks and will be fed by both parent birds there.